Chapter 180: Going to War
"You girl, what are you saying about whether it is precious or not, I have a relationship with you, how can this bracelet be worth it?"
Shen Tian took her hand and put the bracelet on. Caressing the thick calluses on her palms, she seemed to be distressed, "I don't know how much you have suffered before, even if you live here with confidence in the future, Yefu is your home, and I am your own sister." ”
"Sister Shen......" Liu Yunru was grateful for her generous gesture, and her eyes were already red.
The two chatted deeply for a while before they reluctantly separated from each other.
Looking at Shen Tian's distant back, Liu Yunru twisted the emerald green bracelet on her wrist and sneered. With such a good means at a young age, I can't complain that Miss Liang will die tragically in this Ye Mansion.
The giver of the gift has no heart and no lungs, and the person receiving the gift does not know the severity? You accepted such valuable items when people gave you, what do other people in the house think of you Liu Yunru? What does the old lady think of you?
They will say, after all, they are from a remote and desolate place, and they don't even have any basic literacy. People are grateful to you for being good to you, but do you really take yourself seriously?
Turning her head to see the three extra people around her, she glanced up and down, and nodded with satisfaction. Ren Mama has some vision for picking people, these three people are honest and don't talk much at first glance, they usually have nothing to do here, and obedience is the most important one.
As for secrecy, she didn't expect them at all.
As a stranger from outside suddenly lived in the palatial Ye Mansion, I didn't believe that the old lady would not be a little wary of her. It is true that these three people take care of her, and the surveillance is even more real. After all, the old lady is their real master.
Liu Yunru did not want to change the current status quo.
She just came to Yefu and had nothing to rely on, so she used these eyes and ears to let the old lady or others relax their vigilance is what they should do, don't the dogs that bite people bark...... Well, that doesn't seem like a good analogy.
"What's your name?" She asked.
"Returning to the girl, the slave is nameless, and the girl is asked to give her a name." It wasn't until she opened her mouth that the three opened their mouths to speak, and Fang was respectfully silent.
They were assigned to the Green Garden, and the master of the Green Garden was their master, the master did not speak, and the slave and maid had no right to speak.
After a little hesitation, Liu Yunru said: "In this case, you are called Fudong, and you are called Xichun." She stretched out her finger and nodded on the first two people, and finally fell on the old woman, "What this grandmother used to call it, let's call it now." ”
"Yes." The old woman bowed, "The slave and maid don't dare to pollute the girl's ears, and everyone in the house calls me the old woman." ”
"From then on, I will call you Granny Wang."
Liu Yunru turned her head to look at her residence, because she came too suddenly, this place was temporarily decided to be assigned to her. Although the scenery is good, it has not been used for a long time, and a lot of dust has accumulated unavoided. Look at the few people behind you, and then look at this old garden, let's clean up this afternoon first.
At first, the three of them didn't dare to let her take the broom, but they couldn't resist because she was the owner, so they could only clean with her in the end.
Maybe it's Liu Yunru's soft personality, which makes people unconsciously relax their psychological defenses, and it didn't take long for the two young maids to get acquainted with her, and they talked a little more. Liu Yunru knocked on the side and mentioned a few words, and they chattered.
"Miss Cousin has lived in our house for most of the time, she is the niece of the old lady's family, and she has always been close to the old lady."
"The second master is not in the house all the year round, and it is common for him not to return for three or five consecutive years. In the past, I only came back for more than a year at most, but after receiving the holy decree, I left in a hurry, and I don't know how long I can stay this time. ”
After patiently listening to the nonsense of the two girls, she seemed to ask casually, "I have just arrived, and I don't know all the people, so I don't know where my sister-in-law lives, so I can go to pay a visit." ”
The atmosphere that had just been enlivened was immediately as silent as a flame that had been extinguished by water.
After a long time, Fu Dong, who had a slightly impetuous personality, couldn't hold back and whispered, "The master mother, she ...... She is dead. ”
"How so?!" Liu Yunru was surprised.
"The mistress has never been in good health, and the second master is often not at home, she can't help but feel uncomfortable alone, and she will ...... after a long time," Fu Dong continued to whisper under Liu Yunru's encouragement, "Although the slave maid has never had the opportunity to serve the mistress, she knows that the mistress is an extraordinarily kind and gentle person. ”
Neither Mrs. Wang nor Xichun spoke.
Xichun's face couldn't hide the pity. Mrs. Wang has lived for decades, and she doesn't know how many levels deeper than these two relatively simple girls, listening to everyone say this, she just continued to do her own thing with the same face.
"I wonder what details Granny Wang knows?" Liu Yunru suddenly turned his gaze to her.
Mrs. Wang paused, lowered her eyebrows, "The slave doesn't know." It's just that the girl seems to be very concerned about the affairs of the housewife. The second half of the sentence is quite meaningful.
"After all, it's my brother's wife, how can I not pay attention."
Hearing the temptation in her words, Liu Yunru said seriously, "My righteous brother treats me like a mountain, and my sister-in-law is naturally my benefactor." I know that people are weak, and it is inevitable that people will laugh when they say that they will repay their kindness, but I still want to repay this friendship, and I wanted to learn more about my sister-in-law, even if it is good to talk to her, but I didn't expect it to ......"
There were tears in her eyes, and her eyes were slightly red.
Seeing that the two maids followed with red eyes, they had the heart to comfort, but because of the identity gap and barren language expression, they couldn't say anything in the end.
Liu Yunru dipped a handkerchief in the corner of her eyes, and when she looked back and saw the bleak appearance of the two, she couldn't help but laugh, with tears hanging from the corners of her eyes, and said angrily, "What are you two crying about?" ”
"The slave maid felt sad when she heard the girl's words, and when she saw the girl crying, she couldn't help it." The mouthy Fu Dong replied aggrievedly.
A few people said that the garden was finally cleaned up, and when they stretched their waists and looked up at the sky, they found that it was already noon, and it was time to eat. Mama Ren said this morning, and the old lady told her to go over for dinner at noon, and the time was almost up.
Because he was a newcomer, he didn't pay monthly money, jewelry and clothes, and Liu Yunru was just a poor person from a small household, so naturally he wouldn't have much value in dressing.
I was about to change into a clean skirt that I brought over, when I suddenly heard an unfamiliar voice outside, and when I went out, it turned out to be a girl in Tsing Yi, saying that she was ordered by Mama Ren to send clothes to the girl.
The personal maid Xichun took the things and said thank you, and the maid returned the gift and left.
What the girl in Tsing Yi sent over was a cloth bag, and when she opened it, she saw a small makeup box and two sets of Luo shirt skirts inside. The skirt is woven with precious Jiangnan cloud brocade, and the exquisite and complex patterns on the top are woven by the embroidery lady with extremely superb embroidery skills at a glance.
There are a few pieces of jewelry in the makeup box. A pair of coral emerald pearl earrings, a double-layer butterfly gilt hairpin inlaid with treasures, a burnt blue inlaid gold flower hairpin, and a silk inlaid gemstone gold phoenix Yingluozi...... Except for the bracelet.
With such an obvious warning, it is impossible for Liu Yunru not to think about it.
Could it be that the old lady already knew about the previous one?
She just thought it was incredible, it was too fast. But if this is not the case, how to explain this set of jewelry that only lacks a bracelet?
Mama Ren is a subordinate, and she is not qualified to send these expensive accessories to herself at all, and there is only one old lady in this house who can command her.
It seems that the old lady really knows about Fang Cai, but I don't know what she thinks.
I chose a light cyan skirt to change into, straightened my appearance in front of the mirror, and inserted the golden hairpin in the makeup box into my hair, and the rest did not move. Including the bracelet, she must have put it in the box.
Everything was cleaned up, and Liu Yunru took Xichun to the old lady's residence.
The plan that has been in the works for so long is finally about to begin. Walking step by step on the bluestone slab floor, Liu Yunru's blood boiled uncontrollably.
Shen Tian, if she didn't guess wrong, she was the most critical culprit, that is, she instigated Wei Qing's concubines to attack the wife who had no power to resist, and finally destroyed the corpse and wiped out the traces.
As her aunt, this seemingly upright and impartial old lady is afraid that she will not be able to escape the suspicion of harboring and harboring - these still need her to investigate well in the future.
In the end, it was the great general Wei Qing, if it weren't for his connivance, would the concubines dare to be presumptuous to such a degree? Besides, even if his wife died, he didn't seem to have any special reaction, and it didn't matter if he was a dead cat or a dog.
It's ugly.
In this land of jackals and tigers' dens, in this filthy mansion, everyone lives hypocritically wearing masks, and it is really gratifying that she has officially joined here today.
Liu Yunru gently hooked her lips and smiled, and the sarcasm in her eyes flashed.
The people who should have arrived in the dining hall have arrived, the old lady is sitting on the main seat, Mama Ren is standing next to her, and Shen Tian is sitting in the first seat. That position should have been where the Ye family's wife and mother sit, and I don't know how she sat on it with a dignified face.
The Ye Family's General's Mansion is already a small number of people, and those concubines and the like are not qualified to sit here, plus Wei Qing has no heirs, so the whole table is even more deserted.
"Meet the old lady, I've seen Sister Shen." Liu Yunru, who was outside the door, walked in and spoke softly and weakly.
She wore a pale blue long dress, a simple bun, only a golden hairpin on it, and her wrists were clean, and she looked decent and smiling.
The old lady glanced at it and said lightly: "No need to be polite, come and sit." ”
Shen Tian eagerly took her hand, with the style of a good sister, "You little girl really has a good skin, look at this lovely little face, it makes my sister feel itchy when she sees it." I just saw you standing at the door, and I didn't pay attention and thought that it was a fairy in the sky who had descended to earth. ”
As if he saw Liu Yunru's empty wrist at this time, he sighed, "Good sister, why don't you wear the bracelet that my sister gave you, isn't it disgusting and not good-looking?" She said aggrievedly, her eyes grieving.
"What my sister said, such a valuable object, I really don't dare to wear it on my hand." Liu Yunru shyly supported herself, and quietly looked at other people's faces, as if she was afraid that people would laugh at her childishness.
"I thought it was something." Shen Tian glared at her, "The bracelet is for you to wear, what are you afraid of, if it is broken, my sister will give you something else." ”
In fact, Liu Yunru wants to say, your bracelet is really not uncommon, a fancy glass species that has long been outdated, why do you have to be a treasure in front of others to show off? Oh, maybe she is showing off the honor that the old lady gave her, so that the dead girl named "Su Qing" who came out halfway will be ashamed and retreat.
It's a pity, this dead girl is extremely thick-skinned, even if you move the emperor's treasury over to show off, she will only "bow her head shyly".
The meal had already been arranged, but no one moved the chopsticks. The general who went out has not yet returned home, and the old lady has not yet spoken, so naturally no one is uninteresting.
"The second master is back!"
The room was quiet, and when the atmosphere was a little dull, there was a sudden crisp and happy shout from outside, followed by a tall and straight body stepping in against the sun, and the sharp cheeks were heroic.